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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (6763)	12/16/2007 5:29:45 PM
From: sageyrain	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24225

Yep, heirloom seed banks and trading groups are great, but if a crisis that hits is so bad that food is not getting to stores, then seeds will not be available to large groups of people.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (6763)	12/16/2007 5:49:44 PM
From: sageyrain	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24225

That seed can is keen!

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (6763)	12/17/2007 12:08:17 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 24225

The Archdruid had a piece last week about the likely future of agriculture in a world with less fossil fuel. In that piece, he had an unsourced statistic stating that US food inflation was currently 20%. That sounded high to me. A quick check at the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed that current food inflation for US consumers is just a little north of 4%. In email with the Archdruid, he came up with more statistics. The FAO's global food price index, which summarizes agricultural commodity prices, rose 37% year on year to September 2007. This piqued my interest to explore the issue a little further, and here is a quick tour of what I found. There's more… (1930 words) theoildrum.com